vetlongwalks home & pf

per my usual Saturday routine, i woke up late. after i prepared myself some rice, hot dog, scrambled egg, and coffee for brunch, i found myself with nothing much to do. well, i got a text from tes informing me about a basil valdez show over at casino espanol tonight. a friend of hers and jam had free tickets to the show. but as it was raining when i read her message, i told her i'd consider it if the rain stopped. however, as the afternoon passed - my body craved to just stay at home and thus finally declined going to the show. to occupy myself, i decided to bake myself some cupcakes. i did mention in some past post that i'd try to start baking as a hobby. well, here are proofs of my first attempt:

in my previous post, i mentioned that i'd like to start a hobby - baking, specifically. while i'm still uncertain whether i could be truly serious about it, i somehow found myself buying these at the grocery this afternoon: the bottom item isn't exactly a stuff for baking. it's actually a bamboo sushi mat. well, one of these days i'd like to try making my own maki or kimbap, too. so, while i'm still convincing myself that starting a hobby will be good for me and that actually factoring in the ingredients in my household budget will be worth it, i'm just making do with preparing my own crepes for breakfast, cheapskate-style. hehe, as i've mentioned before, i'm financially-challenged so buying all the right ingredients is something i've yet to do. the goal for the time being is making sure that what i prepared is edible, haha. well, so far nothing untoward has happened to me while i've been stuffing myself with nothing but these; crepes-hot...

how i wish i have this gooey goodness right this moment! or this cookies and cream slice... yum!!! perhaps i should learn to bake. now that's a thought. i love eating sweet treats, cakes and all, but don't know how to bake my own. when the craving for these yummy treats hit me, i usually end up at our local red ribbon bakeshop. (notice the red ribbon box on the second picture?) if only the cakes there were not expensive, i swear i'd be at their shop every day. but then again, i'm not supposed to eat cakes or anything with 'wheat' in it, according to my self-imposed diet to curb my adenomyosis symptoms. anyhow, i wonder how one starts baking as a hobby. what does one need to take up this hobby? how expensive can it get? haha, i'm cheapskate and anything that costs a lot usually turns me off.